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2 The Need Growing need for practical tools that allow local governments to engage the business community in climate protection and sustainability Ø Energy use in commercial buildings accounts for 17% of U.S. GHG emissions at a cost of more than $100 billion per year 2

6 Why Green Business Challenge? For Local Communities: Cost-effective, measurable results Identifies candidates for intervention or other engagement; jumpstarts dialogue with biz community Visibility as joint public-private effort Easy setup and customizability Smart online platform as hub Guidance and national network Access to corporate sponsors For Businesses: Quick bottom line cost savings Recognition and leadership; acknowledgement at all stages of sustainability journey Competition and gamification to make it fun and worthwhile Benchmarking and marketing for ongoing motivation Increased operational effectiveness Community impact Integration with local initiatives 6

17 Data Management- Looking Ahead Tighter integration with Portfolio Manager and related DOE tools Aggregate performance data can be used to reveal the market potential for green job development. Social applications and more gamification features Building a culture of sharing ideas in the business community Innovation categories to crowdsource best ideas from the community that can be further replicated Defining best practices and standards Key challenge to making the individual challenge programs comparable Will help to facilitate sharing ideas easily across challenge programs 17

19 Houston Best Practices Be flexible- Gave participants the choice of using the GBC App and/ or Portfolio Manager for data reporting Allow for various layers of competitors- Tenants, property managers, districts (6 in Houston) Utilize GBC as a way to get the word out about and create synergies with other city efforts- The program helped Houston rebrand itself as a more sustainable city; integrated GBC with DOE Better Buildings Challenge Utilize GBC as a way to gauge sustainability trends and provide customer insights- Collected data and contacts to inform future policy engagement, provide basis for future marketing 19

21 Chicago Best Practices View metrics holistically- energy (kwh), emissions (MT C02e), water (gallons), waste (pounds), conventional transportation distance traveled (miles) Partner with local NGOs- Delta Institute has been crucial in implementation Engage sponsors- No money is coming from the City Treat sustainability as a process- Constantly adding new carrots and allowing participants to even design their own activities 21

22 Chicago Best Practices Category Input (Collected Data) Output/Impacts Methods Energy Water Electricity consump<on per month (kwh) for baseline year and current year Water consump<on per month (gallons) for baseline year and current year Electricity consump<on (kwh) reduced from baseline year to current Es<mated GHG Emissions (MT CO2e) reduced from baseline year to current Es<mated cost ($) reduced from baseline year to current Es<mated water (gallons) avoided by reducing electricity use GHG emissions avoided via RECs and carbon offsets Water consump<on (gallons) reduced from baseline year to current Es<mated energy use (kwh) avoided due to reduced water consump<on Total baseline year less total current year egrid subregion emission factor (provided by EPA) Average regional price per kwh NREL standard (found in US Water Consump<on per kwh of Energy Consumed by State ) Sum of all reported Total baseline year less total current year ICLEI U.S. Community Protocol for Accoun<ng and Repor<ng of GHG Emissions Transporta<on Total miles traveled by: SOV SOV- 0 Carpool Bus Train ( L ) Train (Metra) Bike Walk Telecommute/flex hours (miles avoided) Total distance (miles) traveled by alterna<ve transporta<on (Carp ool, bus, train, bike, walk, telecommute/ flex hours) Total distance (miles) traveled by ac<ve transporta<on (bike, walk) GHG emissions (MT CO2e) avoided due to alterna<ve and ac<ve transporta<on Es<mated health benefits (calories burned) Sum of all alterna<ve methods Sum of all ac<ve methods Various standards used in our CGOC- developed calculator (see calculator for sources) Borrow standard from transporta<on partner in Chicago Es<mated GHG emissions (MTCO2e) avoided due to reduced water consump<on egrid subregion emission factor (provided by EPA) Purchasing Type of paper (% recycled) and amount of paper (reams) Being developed Being developed Materials/Waste Total waste (pounds) and total recycling (pounds) by one of the following: Week Month Year Es<mated total (pounds) material recycled Es<mated total (pounds) material composted Es<mated GHG emissions (MTCO2e) avoided Es<mated landfill (acres) avoided Average recycling rate Sum (extrapolated from <meframe reported) Sum (extrapolated from <meframe reported) U.S. EPA (via ICLEI U.S. Community Protocol for Accoun<ng and Repor<ng of GHG Emissions ) Provided in reports submiued Mean of reported rates Educa<on and Outreach Innova<on % duplex prin<ng Number of par<cipants referring/ referred by others Areas of interest outside of available ac<vi<es Rela<onships made (count) Number of innova<on ac<vi<es completed per area of interest (count) Total companies reached and total number of companies reaching out via network effect Simple count 22

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